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Finding aid written in English.Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard).University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections2506 (Accession No. 2506-001)Olson, Ronald L. (Ronald Leroy),1895-Ronald L. Olson papers1925-1926.33 cu. ft. (12 volumes)1 roll microfilmCollection materials are in English.Field notebooks of a professor of Anthropology of interivews with Quinault and Quileute Indians

Ronald Leroy Olson (1895-1979) was a professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1930 to 1956. Olson studied Anthropology at the University of Washington, from which he earned his BA in 1925 and MA in 1926 after studying under academic advisor Dr. Leslie Spier. Olson earned his PhD from the University of California, Berkley in 1929.

Source: "Memorial to Ronald L. Olson" by Omer C. Stewart, Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology, p. 162-164

Field notebooks of interviews with Quinault and Quileute Indians; 1925-1926.

Volume 6 has a section on Quileute Indians; all other volumes deal with the Quinaults.

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Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Donated by Dr. Dorothy Ray with permission of Prof. Olson, 3/11/1966

Two of Olson's publications, "Adze, Canoe, and House Types of the Northwest Coast" (1927), and "The Quinault Indians" (1936), are available of the Libraries' Digital Site

Olson, Ronald L. (Ronald Leroy), 1895- --ArchivesPersonal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)Native AmericansAnthropology